TIPTON– A series of search warrants in Cedar and Johnson counties resulted in the arrest of a rural Solon man last month.
William Daniel Bartlett, 26, has been charged with one count of possession of a precursor (pseudoephedrine) with the intent to manufacture a controlled substance (methamphetamine), a Class D felony, according to information released by the Cedar County Sheriff’s Department.

The Solon Garden Club will have a clean-up day on Saturday, April 21. Helpers should meet at 9 a.m. at Randall Park. Extra hands are always welcome. Also, with an early spring, the garden club is already thinking about items for its annual plant sale. If you have any plants to donate they will have to be dug up soon, so please keep the Solon Garden Club in mind. The sale will be held on May 27, in connection with the Solon Firemen’s breakfast.

IOWA CITY— Johnson County Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek is in his second term and would like a third. Pulkrabek will run un-opposed on the June 5 primary election ballot on his way to the Nov. 6 general election.

Before any Hawkeye fan gets too excited about what they did or didn’t see last Saturday at Kinnick Stadium they have to remember one thing… it’s still practice.
The Hawks were scheduled to have their spring scrimmage this Saturday, April 21, but the Olympic Wrestling Trials are this weekend at Carver-Hawkeye Arena so they moved it up one week.
That means they have three or four more practices and with a new offensive and defensive coordinator, each practice is so important.

Luella Niebuhr Schlue, 103, of Cedar Rapids, died Monday, April 9, 2012, at Higley Mansion. Services were held April 13 at Trinity Lutheran Church by the Rev. David Miller. Interment was at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery.
She was born in rural Blairstown, the daughter of William and Johanna Kluss Niebuhr, on March 28, 1909. She married Vernon F. Schlue on June 28, 1930. He died on May 31, 1968.
She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.
Local survivors include Samantha (Mark) Ironside of Swisher.
Memorials may be sent to Trinity Lutheran School or Hospice of Mercy.

K. Morris Richardson, 86, of Solon, died April 6, 2012, at the Lantern Park Care and Rehabilitation Center in Coralville, after a brief illness. Graveside services were held April 11 at the Calvary Cemetery with military rites conducted by American Legion Post #191 of Webster City. A memorial service in Solon, at St. Mary’s is pending.

Lee Edward Rempe, 70, of Manchester, passed away at Regional Medical Center in Manchester on Friday, April 6, 2012, following a courageous battle with cancer. A Memorial Service with military rites was held April 14 at the United Methodist Church in Manchester, with the Rev. Mike Druhl officiating. Inurnment will be at a later date.
He was born Feb. 27, 1942, in Oskaloosa, the son of Henry and Ruth (VanHouweling) Rempe. Lee grew up on a farm near Leighton, and graduated from Pella High School in 1960. He served honorably in the United States Army from 1964 to 1968.

Kelly Ann Ransom, 48, of Solon, died Sunday, April 8, 2012, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House in Hiawatha, from a courageous battle with ovarian cancer. Funeral Mass was held April 12 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, with burial following in Shueyville Cemetery.